Inmate convicted in fatal prison yard stabbing

Wednesday

May 1, 2013 at 12:01 AMMay 2, 2013 at 9:50 AM

A killer has been found guilty of another murder - the slaying of an inmate in the recreation yard at the Ross Correctional Institution. A Ross County jury convicted Carl W. Hall, 52, of aggravated murder yesterday afternoon in the death of Na'Tuan Williams, 28, who was stabbed with a shank, or handmade prison knife, on June 27, 2011.

Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch

A killer has been found guilty of another murder — the slaying of an inmate in the recreation yard at the Ross Correctional Institution.

A Ross County jury convicted Carl W. Hall, 52, of aggravated murder yesterday afternoon in the death of Na’Tuan Williams, 28, who was stabbed with a shank, or handmade prison knife, on June 27, 2011.

The Common Pleas Court jury also convicted Hall of possession of a deadly weapon while under detention. Hall said he stabbed Williams in self-defense after the man previously assaulted him.

Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt said jurors returned their verdicts after three hours of deliberations. Judge Scott Nusbaum will sentence Hall at a later date.

Schmidt said Hall fashioned a 9-inch shank out of a piece of angle iron from a drop ceiling and used it to sever Williams’ carotid artery in his neck and stab him in his heart.

Hall began serving a sentence of 30 years to life in 1992 for drug trafficking, kidnapping and aggravated murder in Montgomery County. He also was convicted of felonious assault in Warren County.

Williams was serving an 11 1/2-year sentence for attempted murder and other charges from Cuyahoga County when he was fatally stabbed.